I was told my master cylinder is leaking. Does anyone have a picture of what this looks like? Has anyone had this problem? Do I need to change my Slave cylinder as well? Also how much does each go for?

 

if it's leaking then ur gonna lose some major pressure in ur clutch in a matter of days....umm the master cyclinder is in the upper right hand part under your hood....i think it cost me like 300 to replace...not sure my dad paid for it...that or 200 somewhere around there....i recommend replacing them both but if u are strapped for cash u can do one at a time

 

So the slave is the one under the dash attatched to the clutch pedal?

 

i had this exact problem 2 days ago.. its in the upper right hand corner of the engine bay. like just undet the clutch fluid container thing lol. its so easy to change, just make sure u do it right. mine was 100 buks canadian to replace.

 

Clutch master is on the firewall, opposite the clutch pedal. Follow the hose down from the clutch fluid reservoir. Kinda looks like a brake master, only smaller. Clutch slave is on the front of the engine, between the bellhousing and the radiator fan.

 

First of all, depending on the severity of the leak, you can go quite some time with broken seal on your clutch master cylinder.

1) Here it is:


Look in the upper right hand corner of the picture, the most right resevoir is your clutch master cylinder.

2) Get down in the floorwheel and look up at where the cmc comes through the firewall. Determine based on the amount of leaking brake fluid if this must be replaced right now. Look on the other side of the firewall as well. I can go quite a bit before filling mine up again with brake fluid and I haven't replaced it. Watch out when it starts to get in your carpet and floormats.

3) Replacement probably is no less than 20 minutes. Drain the fluid through the slave cylinder and remove both cmc and slave. Slave has two bolts on the bottom and I believe cmc has two going through the firewall as well as one attaching it to the clutch pedal. Replaced with new or used (late 90's and up). Be sure and put high temp grease on the rounded end of your slave cylinder before bolting it back on.

Once completed, fill cmc with DOT 3+ brake fluid and bleed via clutch pedal and slave cylinder. Requires two people.

Hope that helps!

Edit: Here's a diagram to show you where the cmc and slave cylinder are:


6 is your cmc and all the parts attached to it, including the resevoir, and the slave cylinder is # 9.